A test is the actual device used to determine whether a sample of blood or other body fluid is HIV positive or not. The sample may be collected in a doctor's office or other clinical setting and sent to a laboratory for analysis. Alternately, a consumer may use a home collection test system to collect a sample, which is then sent anonymously to a laboratory for testing. The consumer, still anonymous, is able to contact the testing facility to obtain their test results. For a rapid test, a health care worker usually collects the sample. Instead of sending the sample to a laboratory, the test is run at the site where the sample is collected. Rapid tests can produce results within 20 minutes. With all types of FDA approved testing, the consumer has access to trained health care workers who can help consumers understand their test results. Home-use test kits are HIV tests kits that require consumers to collect the sample, run the test and interpret the results. There are currently no FDA approved home-use test kits. | 
